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Started by saltytehartemia at 05-19-2007 1:37 PM. Topic has 7 replies.
  
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 05-19-2007, 1:37 PM
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saltytehartemia
 
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![Hmm [^o)]](/community/emoticons/emotion-40.gif)
Life in salt
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Someone is going to think I'm dumb for bringing this up, especially after being a college student whom has even had zoology..but I don't understand why a sea monkey, who lives in salt, would be able to survive in salty lakes but not the ocean. I don't understand this notion about 'salty lakes' in the first place..are there different salts in the ocean than in the lakes? I have been in the ocean and I've also been in lakes, but I've never been in a lake that tasted like salt. There are brine shrimp in the Great Lakes, doesn't the ocean run into those from the St. Lawrence? I dunno, I just thought I'd ask as a random question. The ultimate question is, if (From what I have heard) brine shrimp cannot survive in the ocean, then why?
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05-20-2007, 12:38 AM
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SeaMonkeyMan
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The Ocean has more predators that will eat the brine shrimp. The lakes however, tend to me of a higher salt concentration, so the brine shrimp have fewer predators.
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05-20-2007, 6:30 PM
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saltytehartemia
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So if I filled my tank up with ocean water the brine shrimp would be fine?
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05-22-2007, 10:07 AM
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SeaMonkeyMan
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If the salinity is good enough they should be okay. You also have to think about any bacteria you might be bringing in as well.
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05-30-2007, 5:28 AM
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aquasaur
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Mm..that is an interesting question. Sea Monkey Man is right in that the lakes have a higher concentration of salt than in the ocean. That's because a lake is a smaller body of water and is more affected by rainfall and any input from the ocean or rivers. It is also more affected by evaporation.
I think predators is less of an issue, than salinity and ocean conditions. The chemical compositions of the salts in oceans and lakes are about the same, except for the percentage amount of each of these chemicals. So, brine shrimp would be better able to survive in a place where the salinity is just right.
Also, the physical conditions of the ocean are tougher (waves, currents etc).
Yeah, if you fill a tank with ocean water, the seamonkeys' survival will depend on the salinity and whatever else might be in there.
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05-31-2007, 8:16 PM
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saltytehartemia
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That's pretty cool. I wonder if it's possible to run into them in the ocean. I haven't seen any..but then again, I never had looked. I saw those little clear shrimp though. It's so hard for me to imagine anything being saltier than the ocean lol.
Even though it's off topic. I use sea salt in cooking and things..that's not the same is it?
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06-03-2007, 5:01 AM
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aquasaur
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Mm...well...there is the Dead Sea. It's about 8.6 times saltier than the ocean. The salt you use in cooking is different because it's refined and processed with certain other chemicals added. So it is a different kind from what aquariums use.
It seems that brine shrimp occur only in salt lakes and not in the ocean. That's what the websites say. So maybe there're brine shrimp in the ocean, but nobody has found them.
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06-05-2007, 9:54 PM
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saltytehartemia
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yeah they have to be in the ocean if you ask me, though I'm no expert. If krill can survive in there so can brine shrimp (assuming salt is right). Krill live lives in danger too but they still exist in there. It's not an explanation as to why brine shrimp aren't seen in the ocean.
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